inspections

inspections

The Romanian Competition Law has been amended by Law no. 347/2015, published on 29 December 2015. The current provisions complete the set of amendments introduced in June last year, on relevant issues such as anticompetitive practices, settlement procedure, mergers, complaints, inspections, procedure of conducting investigations, access to file, limitation period for antitrust fines, organization and functioning of the institution which ensure the effective enforcement of national and EU competition rules.

The Office for the Protection of Competition of the Czech Republic (the Office) organized the traditional international St. Martin´s Conference at the Office’s headquarters in Brno on 11 and 12 November 2014. The annual two-day event focused on new trends and developments in competition law and economics in the Czech Republic and at EU level.

On 4 November 2014, the Antimonopoly Office of the Slovak Republic (AMO) organised a Working Session devoted to inspections. Since the Office has increased the number of unannounced inspections of business premises to obtain evidence of the existence of cartel agreements, the Working Session met with great interest and was attended by many lawyers and business representatives.

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